dromon

As she was the kind of ship then called a "dromon" she might be best remembered as "the dauntless dromon."

Flag and Fleet How the British Navy Won the Freedom of the Seas William Charles Henry Wood 1905

Melville was in the house at the time, and on entering the room the dying boy embraced him and passed away with the words of the Apostle on his lips -- [Greek: didaskale, ton dromon mou teteleka] -- 'Master, I have finished my course.'

Andrew Melville Famous Scots Series William Morison

Ships of War, "round" and "long"; trireme; penteconter; liburna; galley; dromon; galleas; junk; Viking craft; galleon; two and three-deckers; steam; submarine; destroyer; battle cruiser; dreadnought

A History of Sea Power William Oliver Stevens 1916

The dromon was not the low galley of the later Middle Ages but a two-banked ship, probably quite as large as the Roman quinquereme, carrying a complement of about 300 men.

A History of Sea Power William Oliver Stevens 1916

The dromon had two masts, lateen rigged, and between thirty and forty oars to a side.

A History of Sea Power William Oliver Stevens 1916

This, indeed, they needed, for on that crowded dromon there was little chance of washing.

The Brethren Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Through the hot haze of a July morning a dromon, as certain merchant vessels of that time were called, might have been seen drifting before a light breeze into St. George's Bay at Beirut, on the coast of Syria.

The Brethren Henry Rider Haggard 1890

In due course they came to the inn again, having met no one whom they knew, except two pilgrims who had been their fellow-passengers on the dromon.

The Brethren Henry Rider Haggard 1890

Oh, from a man on the dromon who called here while I made ready your food, and told me a strange story that he had learned in England of a band sent by Salah-ed-din -- may his name be accursed!

The Brethren Henry Rider Haggard 1890

[34] [Symbol: Aleph] reads -- [Greek: all 'oudenos logon poioumai tên psychên timian emautô hôs teleiôsô ton dromon mou].

The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels John William Burgon 1850